The stickiness of house prices suggests the drag on consumer spending will be long and grinding, not sudden and sharp.

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Indeed, of the 109 players who appeared in the final of the World Cup or the Euros since 2004, just 15 did so after a long and grinding Premier League season.

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The coastal road to Sablayan was notoriously bad, requiring a long, grinding bus journey from the nearest ports -- Abra de Ilog to the north, or the provincial capital, San Jose, to the south.

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It would be a long, grinding disaster.

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Saving money and grinding the best deal can generate short term gains and long term pain.

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Huge problems await the next government: social unrest in the oil-producing areas of the Niger Delta, grinding poverty in the north, everywhere a collapse of long-neglected infrastructure, particularly in telecommunications and electricity.

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Grinding in old areas without a big XP bonus at the end takes FAR too long to level, and I think the game could benefit from more sidequests that are a different format to help with leveling for the main story.

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